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March 1932 and March 1933-

YEAR'S IMPORTS FELL $135 MILLIONS: EXPORTS DOWN $78 MILLIONS

1933 FIGURES SHOW FURTHER

DECLINE

The Statistical Office of the Imports and Exports, Department reports that total imports of merchandise into the Colony during the twelve months' period ended March 31, 1933, amounted to s declared value of $586,1 millions as compared with $721.6 millions during the year ended March 31, 1932.

Exports were valued at $450,2 millions sa against $528.9 millions. During the first quarter of 1933, Imports amounted to $182.8 millions as compared with $170,7 millions in the first quarter of 1932, while exports totalled - $105.3 millions as against $127.0 millions.

TWELVE MONTHS' FIGURES

The following table shown total values of imports and exports of merchandise and treasure during the years ended March 31, 1933 sand 1932:-

Merchandise Treasure

IMPORTS.

1931/1932. .$721,652,771 $ 64,918,474

Total

.$786,471,245

1932/1933. $588,180,811 $84,003,152

$670,133,963

EXPORTS.

1931/1932. $528,898,717

....$106,464,190

1933/1933. $450,214,958 $157,136,848

.$635,362,916

$607,351,304

Merchandise Treasure

Total

QUARTERLY FIGURES

The following table shows progressive quarterly totals of im- ports and exports of merchandise:-

Imports,

1991.

1st Quarter

. 9.0

1032, £11.9

$186.9

$170.7

1933. £8.5 $132.8

2nd Quarter

£8.7

£ 10.2

$180.1

$164.7

3rd Quarter

£ 0.0

4th Quarter

$182.3 -

E 11.8

$188.4 Exports.

1931.

£ 0.3

$142.4

9.6 $146,2

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL

CANTON NOTES

More Government Examinations

MR. CHÀNG TSE KIANG

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, April 20.

TROUBLE BREWS IN SWATOW

SEALED UP JAPANESE GOODS HAVE GONE.?

OWNERS IN FEAR AND TREMBLING

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Swarow, Apr. 90.

The results of the examination recently held for District Magis- trates have been published, and the exacting nature of the tests can be

With regard to the recent re judged from the fact that out of

solution of the Actial De over 300 candidates, only sight paned through all the stages of the fence Committee to dispose of the safod and registered stock of Examination successfully. It is not

Japanese goods and devote half of known if these eight qualified dis- the proceeds realized towards the trict magistrates will be given im mediate appointments, and it in purchase of aeroplanes, it is learn ed that serious troubies confronta likely that they will be asked the merchants concerned. These to undergo some practical training" enemy" goods consist of cotton in the principal district, govern- and woollen pinergoods, sundries, ments of the provinces first.

sea-fonda, etc.

It is rumoured in well-informed circles that the entire stock, if not part of it, has already been dis

22, 1933

APPEAL AGAINST

CONVICTION

MAGISTRATE GRANTS

REHEARING

An application for re-hearing of a caso in which Li Yau was sentenced to six months' hard labour for kid

ng and abetting four women in at cprum case, was made by Mr. T. P. K. Kemble before Mr. Wynne Jones yesterday.

Mr. Kemhle said he made the application on the ground that against defendant; beyond the fact there was insufficient evidence that he was in the car

His Worship said the evideacó. showed the defendant actually exercised control over the car and brought it to Murray Pier,

Mr. Kemble-Will your Worship, consider a revision of the sentence? His Worship-If my finding is correct, my sentence is correct

Mr. Kenble-I am instructed an innocent that defendant was party. He knew nothing about the opium.

His Worship decided to re-hear

Monday, at 11.30 am

.. " .

Two other government examina- tions are being arranged, one for Treasurers to District Governments, And the other for the generalCivi posed of by the merchants them the cake and fixed the bearing for

Sarvice. Regulations relating to these examinations and to qualifica: tions of candidates have been deter mined, and entries will be received

soon.

Exponent of Chinese Boxing.

elves in some way or other. Now that the time has come for a legal "clean-up sale of these revelations are goods amazing promised and undoubtedly great apprehension looms on the faces of the merchants.

The Aerial Defence Committee are continually pressing to go ahead with the work, but the other aide ja just playing for time and therefore evasion prevails. These very scared merchants have ap÷ proached the Chamber of Commerce

TRAFFIC DAY AT CENTRAL

SEVERAL OFFENDERS

FINED

A hatch of motor offences WOTE.

day

Mr. Chang The Kiang, the Kuo- mintang leader who is well known as the enthusiastic exponent of the Chinese art of boxing, and is the Director of the National Boxing Bureau. is on a brief visit to Can ton. Mr. Chang is a zealous Chris- to urge the return of the chairman dealt with by Mr. Schofield yester- tien, and it is understood he has come down on the invitation of the South China Bible Socisty, which is holding its anniversary celebra tions in the course of the next few days. Whilst here, it is expected that Mr. Chang will be a few public exhibitions of the national ert which he is doing nis best to popu- jarise.

October

1032.

1st Quarter

£ 0.8

£ 8.8

$140.1

$127.0

1933. £0.8 $105.3

November

December

2nd Quarter

£6,4

£ 7.1

$132.5

$115.3

3rd Quarter

£6.5

£ 72

January

Fobruary

$130.0

$110.0

4th Quarter

£ 0.2

£7.9

March

$128.7

- $119.6

IMPORT PERCENTAGES

From the following table it will be seen that China, Japan, U.S.A., Siam and India, all increased their shares of the import trade, the share of U.K. falling from 14:8 per cent. to 12.0 per -cent.

1st Qr. 2nd Qr.

1932.

1933.

Australin Belgium

from Canton, whether he went to settle the dispute about the bean- For the time being cake, surtax. nothing can be done and important developments are expected when "the Day of Judgment" comes along.

*

*

Peter Young, driver of private car No. 3707; was summoned before Mr Schofield, with driving his car in Des Voeux Road in a danger,

·GUS ZADNET.

A representative of the accused admitted the chargo

A fine of $30 was imposed, Yuen Sum, the driver of public car No. 988, was also fined $25 for driving dangeromaly near the Chi nose Christian cometary, Aberdeen,

Bloody Group Formed,

Trafic Sergeant Melnais said After what has happened, the that he saw accused driving, at press has begun accusing the Boy- about 35 miles per hour at a spot cott Association of "squeeze and in Des Voeux Road which was corruption, and it would appear being repaired.. He informed a $49,872 $30,836

that a Bloody Group Society has used that he was driving about 35 (23,311) ̄ \(£2,632) been formed in Swatow, though miles an hour, and acoused told him 847,407 *$41,743

nobody knows where its headquar-that be was in a hurry and the road

The Boycott Association was crowded, (£3,197) (£2,815) ters are.

received, from this society the $48,943 $38,206

other day a revolver bullet with (£3,135) (£2,447) the intimation that if malpractices continue such bullets would be used $31,251 $37,903

on the miscreants. (£2,412) (£1,085) $47,380 $37,610 (£3,000) (£2,383)

An important meeting was held $47,407 $36,572 ander the auspices of the Chamber (£3,002) (£8,381) of Commerce in the latter's pre- mises on the 15th inst. The busi- Mean rate of Exchange for March,ness on the agenda had a reference 1933, 'H.K. 81-18, 3jd,

the national salvation move- ment. Different reports as to the means of raising funds were re- crived and discussed. Another meet ing is to be called in the near future when things are expected to no made clezu.

The proceedings were under the chairmanship of Cheung Mei. Kam.

VALUE BY COUNTRIES

The total value of imports and exports of merchandise are shown below by countries, the figuras for March, 1932, being given in brackets:--

Imports. Exports. (000, omitted)

142

1930, 1931:

*

1932,

%

Chinn

20.6 26.9 27.2

• £5.4

28.8

Japan

12.3

9.3

3.4

3.7

4.2

N. E. Indies

9.4

10.9

9.0

8.8

7.1

U.K.

8.4

10:0

12.3

14.8

12.0

8

$

U.S.A.

7.2

7.8

7.4

8.9

9.0

Indo China

U.K.

8.7

7.1

9.4

9.5

8.3

Siam

5.9

6.4

0.3

7.8 10.0

€,653 -(10,003)

215

Germany......

4.6

5.1

4.1

3.8

3.7

Australin

780

(280)

150

Straits

1.3

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.1

India .....

1.5

2,3

9.8

9.3

4.8

Burina

(702)

173

.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

(1,830)

1.3

2.0

2.0

9.0

1.5

Canada

290

EXCHANGE RATES

India

(794) 1,051 (1,347)

B. N. Borneo

211 (361)

Straits

645 11.

21

768 704

84

102

78.0-18

83% 541 1038 70.5-16 60 601 1031

644 551 103,1-16 54,6-16

Belgium

532 (811)

700

56

China North

China Middle

China South

France

(1,230) 6,225 (7,919)

January ..1/34 February ..1/3) 553 March 1/38 509 .92]

Average ...1/32 588 21.13-16

Average 1932 H.K.#1=15. 3fd.

MARCH FIGURES

Import and Export Comparisons

S'hai.

India

Java

MONTHLY FLUCTUATIONS

Since March of 1932 total imports Indo China of merchandise into Hong Kong have fluctuated from the lowest Germany dollar value (38.0 millions) in January, 1933, to the highest (66.4 Holland' milllons) in March, 1932, while ex- porta fluctuated from 831.3 millions Italy in January, 1833, to $61.7 millions in March 1932.

Total imports of merchandise into the Colony m the month of March, 1933, amounted to $47.5 millions (23.1 millions) as compared with $65.4 millions (£4.4 milliona) în¦¦ The figures are given below with March, 1982, while exports totalled the sterling equivalents, at average $36.6 millions (£2.4 millions) as rates of exchange, in brackets- ́ ́compared with $51.6 millions ($8.5

Imports. Exports.

(000 omitted)

mililons).

Following are the comparative Agures of total imports and exports, including treasure:—

·Mar

Imports,

April

Japan

Kwong Chow Wan

Macao

N. E. Indies....

$65,448 851,634 Philippines (£4,380) (£3,155) $01,154 844,030 (£3,768) (£2,700) USA. $63,440 || $37,694 (£3,319) (£2,330)

July

(£3,744) $44,077

Mar. 1988, Mar, 1932,

Merchandise......$47,497,527 885,448,751 | May-

Treasure 1,754,942 € 4,726,320

Tole): 349,252,469 870,175,061?

Mar. 1938. Mar. 1982,

Merchandise...$36,578,596 851,634,790 August

$13,525,001 $8,151,110

Total...$50,098,596 $59,785,900

Exports,

(£2,597)

Siam

503

to

National Salvation.

Newspapers in Trouble.

Traffic Sergeant Mełanis stated that he saw the accused drive along the road about 25 miles per hour. It was Ching Ming festival day, and the road was crowded.

Wong Ching, the driver of a pub- lie car. was summoned for obstruc tion in Victoria Road.

Inspector Alexander said it was a bad case as the car was parked on the road just round a bend about eight feet from the side of the road.

Mr. Schofield imposed a fine of

87.

A

...

Inspector Alexander also sum- rond Kwong Tang, the driver of a lorry, for having failed to deposit his driving licence with the police, One vernacular newspaper has

The Inspector said that last year been suspended by the police for the accused was summoned, for an not complying with the censor re-offence but left the Colony to evade gulations.

and

tho summons. He returned and applied for a renewal of his licence, in the hope that the Police would have forgotten the previous sum- previous summons, but another was ions. The Folice did cancel the taken out in respect to the present. offence.

$5, remarking that it was a nui Mr. Schofield fined the accused sance to the police when a driver failed to deposit his licence.

The San Pao is under boycott by (127) the Union having as members over two hundred people who usually got copies from the concern (199) distributed same to subscribers, the 245 newspaper office employing no de (330) livering coolies. A strong magi- festo setting out the grievance has been issued by the Union. The (870,

newboys, as they are called in this 81 manifesto complain of bad trent (101) ment and of being "done in the 1,68)

eye." Very often those coolics have (2,210) had to wait outside the office in torrential rains and the mariage (4) meant would not afford them any 3,093 shelter. Last but not least it (7,680) would not reduce the price of the 817 3,704

Sunday Extra, be it a large or a (1,274)

small issue; the coolies dendnded (3,908)

payment according to size, to which 5,503 14,292

the San Pao would not agree, (6,047) (10,231) Things dragged on till both sides 174 came to loggerheads. The publica- (12) tion is stopped for the present, 2,196 even if printed no outsider is editor-in-chief of the Tin Nam: (8,885)-(2,728): allowed to handle delivery of any Daily News, at Lyndhurst Ter

183

91 kind.

947 (318)

4,033

1,830 (2,707) ((143)

484

84

(487)

(83)

356

(302)

(8)

1,210

2,044 (1,883)

CITY SHOOTING AFFRAY

CHINESE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

D

The recent attempt on the life of

Mr. La Wai Keung, proprietor and

rade, had its sequel at Central· Magistracy yesterday when Chan Hes, 22, alías Tai Had Ki, describ- ed as a chicken-carrier of Western Market was charged with attempted

The 19th Route Army. One regiment of the above army under Tam Kai Sau recently set out for Canton.When the magistrate murder. at Taipo heard of this' hế proceed- ed to Sham Ho Pa to extend 'n' (1,263) hearty welcome,

400 1,071 Other news from the interior tell (614) (1,305) us of banditry and kidnapping

712 1,885

cases, so that, conditions there are (027) (2,233) far from being normalt -3,994

*58* (5,858) (1,204)

122

Det-Inspector Chester Woods, applied for 48 hours. Yemand; in Police custody

The Magistrate (Mr. Wyans- Jones) That won't be much good to Fou, that will bring you to Sun- day. Why do you still want him in Police custody teen

Inspector Chester Woods: There are still one on two points to clear up. If your Worship would remand him for 24 hours, and then another 48 hours possibly.

To, Raise Funds, More funds are required for 70% (193) (1,126) Varioits purports the Chinese have just gone through three nights 4,674 1,449 of feasting at Tai Tung Enter (4,411) · (1,811)

tainments were many and varied, 4,273 1,159 side shows galore! Three or four, (6,787), (2,193); thaatrical porformances were well |

His Worship: When was he ar patronised by the public. Special rested? khaźmy bycilli girly care, prouead Inspector Chestar Woods War" de Sampler vente pas dan pandashmafor each night and their vocal ren-night of the 18th,

“I think the care will change his derings were enjoyed. There were ideak a Lit remarked Mr. Wynne also splendid displays of fireworks (£2,118) Jones at Central Magistracy yes from Tong Koon. All the above 840,139 terday when he ordered a Chinese for an admission fer of 20 cents! youth to receive right strokes for And what crowds flocked thither being in unlawful possession of a night after night. It is understood quantity of opium. Deferdant ad- the net proceeds will be turned over (£2,187)mitted a previous conviction for to the military authorities to ba

carrying wine.

used appropriately

$49,016 (£8,208) $48,102 (£3,912) (Continued on nezt. Oolumn)

September

His Worship: I don't like keep him in Police custody. Is really esential?

The Inspector: Yes, Your ship. There are still one or two points to lear up.

Accused, was remanded for 24 hours,

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